I think we're obviously headed in that direction, if not already there.
Sounds horrible but we're probably gonna need some type of plague to wipe at least half of us out eventually.
If myself & my family happen to be included in that percentage who's taken out, so be it...
Sounds horrible but we're probably gonna need some type of plague to wipe at least half of us out eventually.
If myself & my family happen to be included in that percentage who's taken out, so be it...
To answer both questions...
1. No, not overpopulated as living standards are rising around the globe rather than declining. The rate of global extreme poverty has been cut in half in about 20 years which is pretty amazing. There is really nothing that suggests we're at some type of critical mass where the earth can't support the population. The only thing you can maybe point to is the prices of commodities continuing to rise over the last few decades.
2. It would be hard to put a number on something like that, but a scenario where the earth could become overpopulated is if the developing world were to continue to develop at a rapid pace and the gains in agriculture, energy, materials, etc were not able to support it. Then you would have intense fights over resources, let's hope we never have to see what that looks like.
Doomsday population scenarios are nothing new, Paul Ehrlich had his book "The Population Bomb" in 1968. He makes a lot of good points in the book but the big variable he got wrong was that he underestimated human ingenuity and the developments that would arise over the next few decades.
And lastly, wtf is with the bold font man? You can't just come with the regular font like the rest of us? What you think you fancy or something?
1. No, not overpopulated as living standards are rising around the globe rather than declining. The rate of global extreme poverty has been cut in half in about 20 years which is pretty amazing. There is really nothing that suggests we're at some type of critical mass where the earth can't support the population. The only thing you can maybe point to is the prices of commodities continuing to rise over the last few decades.
2. It would be hard to put a number on something like that, but a scenario where the earth could become overpopulated is if the developing world were to continue to develop at a rapid pace and the gains in agriculture, energy, materials, etc were not able to support it. Then you would have intense fights over resources, let's hope we never have to see what that looks like.
Doomsday population scenarios are nothing new, Paul Ehrlich had his book "The Population Bomb" in 1968. He makes a lot of good points in the book but the big variable he got wrong was that he underestimated human ingenuity and the developments that would arise over the next few decades.
And lastly, wtf is with the bold font man? You can't just come with the regular font like the rest of us? What you think you fancy or something?
Since this is a gambling board, there was a bet in 1980 made between Ehrlich and business professor/libertarian think tank fellow Julian Simon. Ehrlich said the price of commodities would skyrocket because of population growth creating scarcity, Simon said this was just fear-mongering.
Simon won the bet pretty handily but it was only based on 1980-1990, if the bet were to continue to this day, Ehrlich actually won most 10 year periods. Cause for concern? Time will tell.
here is a little wiki writeup on the bet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager
Simon won the bet pretty handily but it was only based on 1980-1990, if the bet were to continue to this day, Ehrlich actually won most 10 year periods. Cause for concern? Time will tell.
here is a little wiki writeup on the bet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager
I copied & pasted this below,
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/courses/Thoc/land.html
The area of Texas is about 262,000 mi[SUP]2[/SUP]. Dividing this figure by the current human population of 6.8 billion leaves each person with about 1000 square feet, a small plot the size of a big room about 33 ft x 33 ft. Sounds plausible enough, right?
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/courses/Thoc/land.html
The area of Texas is about 262,000 mi[SUP]2[/SUP]. Dividing this figure by the current human population of 6.8 billion leaves each person with about 1000 square feet, a small plot the size of a big room about 33 ft x 33 ft. Sounds plausible enough, right?
